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Got the “Monsters from Hell” cards today. The base set and metal cards are fantastic! Absolutely beautiful! Looking forward to going through the box tomorrow. I just ordered some “Lost in Space” sets. Another great looking set! - Steve C.

The cards look great! Sorry it took to long to tell you. - Shannon C.

Kurt, Monsters From Hell = Fantastic Card Set!!! Looking forward to the Lost In Space set! -Gerard N.

I think this set of cards is your strongest set since the HP Lovecraft first series box! A great story with twists and turns, amazing artwork, and the inserts are totally top-notch. Really dig the lenticular, I got an awesome printing plate “malicious”, and all the subsets. It was nice to read the artists favorite fears and phobias on the backs of their cards. I also got a really cool sketch card courtesy of Mike Stevens, who I noticed was one of the artists who did a couple other cards in the set. So that was super cool. I love the backs of the sketch cards as well. It’s like two sketch cards for the price of one! And you’re one of the few card producers who makes the metal cards set different art than the base set, unlike other people. I like metal cards, but not when they’re the same art as what you get in the basic... Very engaging, hard to put them down and take a break. There were a couple times I wanted to keep reading but I had to get ready for work or bed or whatever. But now that I’m on Christmas break, I’m gonna read it straight through one of these evenings.
-Jeff T. MI

The box of cards arrived today. I bought them for my son who is deep into horror stuff. I had to open the box to see what the cards looked like and to steal the gum....

The cards were really good and not too gross for my taste. However, I came across the Cthulhu card and liked it. There were two in the box so I stole one of them for my type collection. However, the hit of the box was the "Get out of Hell Free" card. That is mine! Was that your idea? Anyhow it is fantastic... I bet I will not be the only one who will be fascinated by it. I think you have a stand alone product in it! I would buy a dozen if they were available. Also I would be glad to purchase another Cthulhu card, if it was available, for my brother who is a real Lovecraft fan. He greatly enjoyed the complete Lovecraft set I got him. - Joe M. (South Richmond Hill, NY)

Thanks Joe. That "Get Out Of Hell Free" card was a riff on the "Get out of jail free" cards from Monopoly (remember those?) Granted, they never included dramatic art though!

I did receive my order today. Those metal cards are just super and the rest of the set is awesome. -Robert M. Leominster, MA

The set sure looks great + let me say thanks for another fabulous concept and greatt looking set w/all the inserts + extras. - Len K. (Bridgwater, MA)

I opened an innocent looking manila envelope yesterday & what spilled out? a double fisted bundle of Horrible Monsters from Hell. I tried to resist the unstoppable urge to flip thru the cards, but the kept calling my name, as if beckoning me to join them in a Journey straight to Hades! Oh dear!

The Monsters arrived Saturday and I want you to know that they all look fabulously terrifying. Mission accomplished! I was in second grade when I bought a pack of Mars Attacks cards at the store across the street from the school, and it changed me forever. Great job by you, Kurt. Thanks, Miles R. (MA)

Another great set of cards. I could not put them down once I started looking through them! Fantastic art and nice to see the nods toward classic monsters such as Amazing Colossal Man, Barlow from Salem's Lot, Gorgon. The story was very entertainingly written!... Thank you for another out of this world card experience ... I am really impressed with these cards! Really, really looking forward to the box of Lost in Space cards! -Hank B.

Hey John,

No worries, it's now available at our website. While you might have missed some of the Kickstarter perks, the series itself is now finished and starting to ship out. (Along with the remaining metal sets.) I'm VERY happy with how they turned out. The story really came together, and the subsets look terrific. I'll put you on our mailing list for future kickstarters and I know you're going to enjoy this series.

I started collecting cards in the 90s when I was 7 or 8. I got really X-MEN since it was on tv every day after school, so I started collecting marvel masterpieces and other fleer marvel cards. Then Bevis and Butthead came out, so I tricked my grandmother into buying me a pack of their cards and my mom wouldn’t let me keep them unless I could tell her what matrimony was (it was a title of one of the cards). I think she was trying to show that if I wasn’t old enough to understand the words on the cards, then I couldn’t keep them. Unfortunately for her, I was a bit of a precocious child, and was able to use the context clues of Bevis and Butthead dressed in a tux and wedding dress to determine matrimony means marriage. She was so pissed! My grandmother was so proud that I shut her down like that! Anyway, that was how I got into trading cards. I was never into sport cards like my other friends. I was more drawn to things like Garbage Pail Kids because of the art style! The art was so nasty and visceral, but also super cartoony, and that juxtaposition really made me appreciate the detailed art. I stopped collecting as I got older and lost or sold all my cards, until a few months ago when my brother (also at NASA) reminded me of the MARS ATTACKS! movie from the 90’s, and I immediately went down the rabbit hole of collecting all the mars attacks card series. Then I saw the new GPK InterGOOlactic Mayhem series release. I place my love for science fiction and horror above all other genres, and the parody spoofs of all the classic sci-fi/horror IP’s I love was too much to resist. I bought a hobby box and that caused me to start looking for other non-sport card series that I never knew about, or that I wanted to collect when I was younger but never did.

I think trading cards are a unique and ideal medium to share and preserve incredible art by smaller artists. I got my first sketch card from that GPK InterGOOlactic mayhem box, and a metal printing plate from one of the mars attacks boxes I bought, and that made me realize how special it is for someone to own a one-of-a-kind piece of art. I think cards offer a unique experience for art, artists, and collectors alike to exchange and experience new perspectives and ideas.

You also asked me where I heard about Monsterwax. Well, I went back to collect the rest of the MARS ATTACKS! series, and that led me to Kickstarter, as some of the later series were released there. I started looking at upcoming and existing campaigns, and that led me to you as an artist. I searched for your name online, and that led me to monsterwax.com! I can honestly say my jaw almost hit the floor when I saw the style and content of the series you produce. I ordered 3 of your series I was most excited about (like Monsters From Hell), and some promo-cards from your other series. My only regret is that I missed the Terrors of WAR Kickstarter that just ended, not to mention the campaign for the War of the Worlds/Time Machine/Island of Dr. Moreau original re-release sets. Like I said, I’m a sci-fi geek above all else, and would have LOVED adding them to my mini collection! I am also really looking forward to the Creatures of the Cosmos/UFO’s series launching later this year! If you have a mailing list where you let people know about monsterwax’s upcoming releases, I’d love to sign up for that too!

I am so pleased to have found your art online, and I am grateful for the opportunity to own some of your work. I am also grateful for the distraction it will provide from what’s going on outside my office window. Thanks for keeping the medium alive, and I look forward to hearing from you again!

Thanks for your fun comments, Conor. That newer Kickstarter will start justas soon as I get the last couple shipped (which I'm in the process of doing now). But I'm adding you (and anyone who sends me their email address with subject heading: Monsterwax Newsletter) to our free bi-yearly newsletter.